This report provides a summary of the activities of the Ford Program for Research in University Administration over a 5-year period. Part I provides a review of the organization of the Program. Part II is a review of the research conducted under the auspices of the Program. Part III describes the career development and dissemination activities of…

Project CREST (Clinical Regional Support Teams) is an innovative, LEAA-funded action project, using paid and volunteer counselor education students to work as referral agents with juvenile delinquents in several north Florida communities. The program is distinctive in that its assessment, counseling, and consulting services do not replace but…

The Annotation Exchange System (developed by A. V. Manzo) is an organized collection of students' brief written critiques of various books and shorter selections, which might be initiated in a study skills class. In the classroom setting, students can be given direct instruction and practice in summary writing, a building block of effective…

Papers abstracted represent those submitted to the distribution center at the 83rd American Society for Engineering Education Convention. Abstracts are grouped under headings corresponding to the main topic of the paper. (Editor/CP)

Prepared in response to requests from librarians and other members of the public for information about the types of projects that have been funded by the Higher Education Act Title II-B Program, a program which assists in training persons in librarianship through fellowships and institutes, this brochure provides information about projects funded…

Intended to provide guidelines for similar future undertakings, this report provides a comprehensive record of a serials cataloging project undertaken by the General Reference and Periodicals Department of the University of Miami's Otto G. Richter Library between January 1985 and August 1986. The project was designed to catalog the department's…

This booklet reports the proceedings of a conference of the Queens Association for the Education of the Exceptionally Gifted Child, Inc., held on 3 March 1973 in conjunction with the New York State Education Department and York College of the City University of New York. Five panel discussions are abstracted: "Identifying the Gifted and Developing…

This document comprises the proceedings of a conference that brought together administrators, researchers, and faculty from historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to address the growing problem of retaining black students. Activities were structured into 5 general sessions, 16 concurrent sessions, and 2 special sessions. Principal…

Abstracts from eight papers presented at the June 1982 National Educational Computing Consortium (NECC '82) conference in Kansas City, Missouri are provided. It is noted copies of the conference proceedings may be purchased from the Department of Computer Science, University of Iowa. The papers examine a variety of educational aspects. (MP)

These proceedings focus on the role of the liberal arts in the development of leadership, focusing on college programs and activities designed to enhance the leadership skills of college students. Four keynote addresses are reproduced: (1) "Empowering and Collective Leadership" (Helen S. Astin); (2) "Jefferson vs Higher Education" (Don Bigelow);…

Prepared in response to requests from librarians and other members of the public for information about the types of projects that have been funded by the Higher Education Act (HEA) Title II-B program, this report offers information about projects funded in fiscal year 1990. For 1990, grants totalling $564,557 were conferred upon 24 universities to…

Prepared in response to requests from librarians and other members of the public for information about the types of projects that have been funded by the Higher Education Act (HEA) Title II-B program, this report offers information about projects funded in fiscal year 1989. For 1989, grants totalling $277,600 were conferred upon 15 universities to…

This booklet provides the results of a review and evaluation of fellowships and institutes funded in Fiscal Year 1988 through the Library Career Training Program under Title II-B of the Higher Education Act. A total of 14 master's fellowships, 9 doctoral fellowships, and three institutes were funded, and abstracts of each are provided. Each…

Abstracts of 24 exemplary vocational guidance projects funded in the Commonwealth of Virginia through Title II (Vocational Education) of Public Law 94-482 are provided, with descriptions of the 12 projects designed to increase sex equity in vocational guidance and vocational education programs, and the 12 projects designed to encourage…

This brochure provides information about projects funded in 1986 by grants under the Higher Education Act Title II-C Program, a program which assists major research libraries in maintaining and strengthening their collections, and in making their holdings available to individual researchers, scholars, and other libraries. The following information…